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Raytheon delivers first SPY-6 radar array to US Navy’s newest destroyer

Maritime July 24, 2020

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has delivered the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array for installation on the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the US Navy’s first Flight III guided-missile destroyer. The SPY-6 family of radars performs simultaneous air, missile and surface defence on seven types of US Navy ships. “SPY-6 will change ...

New Saab fighter AESA radar completes first air trials

Air May 5, 2020

Saab has successfully completed the first air trials with its new fighter X-band Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which will be offered as a new addition to Saab’s PS-05/A radar family. Saab continues to develop core AESA technology and has now successfully completed the first air trials with the new ...

MOD offers funding for windfarm mitigation in air defence

Homeland March 6, 2020

The MOD and DASA are offering a share of £2million in funding for innovative windfarm mitigation for UK air defence. The MOD, the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, and DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) are offering a share of £2million in funding for windfarm mitigation innovations in a new ...

Machine Inc., Raytheon, and Major Tool collaborate on missile defence radars

Maritime January 20, 2020

Raytheon has teamed up with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to develop structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for the US Navy. Raytheon has signed an agreement with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to create structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for when the programme transitions from low-rate initial production to ...